From the New Jersey Council for the Humanities:

Upstream, Downstream: Issues in American History and Culture #NJCHTI

James G. Blaine, Ph.D., Seminar Leader
University of Pennsylvania

July 14-19, 2013
Kean University

Everyone lives downstream…but because nature rarely recognizes political boundaries, governments, policymakers, writers and philosophers have struggled to resolve conflicting demands on this shared resource. This course will use the framework of the natural watershed, examined through the lenses of literature, science, policy, and history, to examine how human communities weigh and balance conflicts over economic growth, environmental health and social justice, introducing teachers to interdisciplinary ways of thinking and new resources for their classrooms.

Writing Instructor: Matt Ruben email: mruben[at]gmail[dot]com
Master Teacher: Jennifer Ansbach email: jansbach[at]yahoo[dot]com Twitter: @JenAnsbach

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Gratuitous water picture with dogs at the Philly Art Museum Fountain:
http://ow.ly/i/2ECCs